Serena Williams and Roger Federer were named\u00a02009 World Champions by International Tennis Federation.\u00a0\u00a0This is Serena’s 2nd time receiving the award, she was the world champ in 2002 also.\u00a0\u00a0Roger has claimed the award 5 times.\u00a0 This year Serena won the Australian Open and\u00a0Wimbledon bring her total to\u00a011th major wins.\u00a0 She also won\u00a0the season ending WTA Championships in Doha, which clinched the top ranking in the last event of the year.\u00a0 Roger completed a career Grand Slam at Roland Garros and won his 15th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon.\u00a0The pair will receive their awards at the annual ITF world champions dinner in Paris in June.<\/p>\n
Serena not only claimed the singles ITF award, she and sister Venus\u00a0were awarded\u00a0the doubles year award with\u00a0a career total to 10 Grand Slam titles. They join Lindsay Davenport and Martina Hingis as the only players to become singles and doubles world champions in the same year.<\/p>\n
Bob and Mike Bryan were named as the men’s doubles world champions for the sixth time in seven years.<\/p>\n
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American twins Bob and Mike Bryan were named as the men’s doubles world champions for the sixth time in seven years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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